Pakistan could find itself back in the Commonwealth fold by the time the global group’s new secretary general, India’s Kamalesh Sharma, takes over on April 1 next year.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf took oath as head of state for five more years, this time as a civilian, vowing to hold parliamentary elections in January come what may.
Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran asked the international community to stop aiding Sri Lanka and instead take a new approach regarding the Tamil separatist campaign.